AHERC Researchers to Conduct Oceanographic Surveys on North Slope

During their 18-day project, research engineers Nick Konefal and Paul Duvoy, along with AHERC director Jeremy Kasper, will deploy moorings and conduct oceanographic surveys from aboard the research vessel Ukpik.

Moorings will be equipped with oceanographic instruments to measure water velocity, current, temperature, conductivity, salinity and depth. The team will also cast instrument rosettes along the ship's route and perform a multibeam bathymetric survey. This information will be used to characterize ocean conditions around the nearshore Beaufort Sea.